Head Architect, Principal

Jonathan Lemons | AIA, NCARB

• Head Architect, Principal, & Registered Architect. Nationally licensed to Practice Architecture for over a decade since 2013

• National Registration Board NCARB Architectural Certification to Work as an Architect, Design, and Create Architecture and All Buildings in All States and Countries

• American Institute of Architects (AIA) Member Architect

• University of Oregon 2001 - 2007 Graduate: NAAB-Accredited 5-year Professional Bachelor of Architecture Degree & Graduate of the Robert D. Clark Honors College w/ Thesis Honors. 2-years of Study at the UofO Portland Urban Architecture Program. Thesis for Oregon/Stanford’s Gerry Gast and Holst Architecture founder Jeff Stuhr: 'Designing the Ukrainian Catholic University: Lviv, Ukraine' focused on the 1st Phase of Buildings for the University and 2020 Master Plan following the Orange Revolution. Recipient of Dean’s & Numerous Scholarships, Awards, & Grants at UofO

• United Nations Habitat - World Urban Forum Int’l Student Leader for the USA. USA Architecture Graduate Selected for Dutch Architecture Firm EU Traineeship in Budapest and Saint Petersburg’s Vosstaniya Square Redevelopment Design Team

• Architect-In-Residence Selection for Harvard, Partners In Health, & MASS Hospital Prototype (open-ended invite)

• Born in a Small Town on Oregon’s Santiam River & Grew Up in the Pacific NW in Oregon’s Capital City of Salem. Valedictorian of Sprague in Salem

• Seattle Public Library & Seattle Public Schools Grades K - 12 Teaching Volunteer

Past Experience:

Over 16-years working in the architecture profession, primarily in Seattle, plus 6-years of Academic Architecture, Urban Architecture, and Honors College degrees here in the NW in Oregon.  Prior to creating this architecture studio in 2014, previous qualifications include being a Project Architect & Registered Architect for a progressive Seattle architecture, general contracting, and development firm in addition to being a long-time Registered Architect and Designer for a talented, detail-oriented Seattle architecture, urban architecture, & urban mixed-use firm.  Jonathan has also worked on a number of international architecture projects abroad.  Key client experience included working on a diverse range of projects for Vulcan, Equity Residential, other great West Coast developers, real estate investment trusts, institutions, private clients, public clients, & many other clients big & small.

Projects for these clients included urban mixed-use buildings, towers, single family homes, multifamily residences, townhouses, rowhouses, tenant improvement projects, remodels, historic preservation projects, master planning, offices, urban infill, hospitality projects, mid-rise buildings, low-rise buildings, university projects, confidential studies or projects, institutional projects, non-profit projects, & government projects.

A wide range of construction systems & project delivery methods were employed for these architecture projects including typical site-built construction, prefab modular, design-build, & design-develop-build. Key projects also rated as high as LEED Platinum to meet energy & sustainability goals. The scale of these projects ranged from 200 square feet to over 1 million square feet & the construction budgets ranged from 10 thousand dollars to over 300 million dollars.